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Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

I'd like to say an injured granger goes off for 30+ tonight. I'm excited to see how our bigs match up against the aging Nowitzki. I'd like to see the always scrappy Hansbrough match up with Dirk, although there will be a significant size advantage. Also, I bet Watson will get the majority of the minutes tonight against Kidd for Defensive purposes.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

Okay, so it's just a LCD-TV. I'll still be glue to my seat right in front of it watchin' the game while eatin' leftover turkey, a ham sam'ich and sippin' on a big glass of red KoolAide. Yum-Yum! Thanksgiving leftovers has got to be the only meal that tastes great the 2nd-time around.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

I'm excited and nervous for tonight's game. I'm not expecting much from Dunleavy, but there's always the chance that he's completely healed by next season and can play at 100%.

There is a way to see how Dunleavy's knee is truly feeling, regardless of what he says to the media. I'll be looking at it tonight.

How will Dunleavy react to nearby loose balls? Will he make an effort to pick up or not? If it's low, does he try to pick up without bending his knees or does he fully commit? Is his reaction time fast or slow? Does he compete for it if one or more players are going after it?

To me, this is the one clear way of knowing how a player is feeling. Granger, Dunleavy, Marquis, Jermaine, Bender, etc. have all shown the same pattern multiple times (lack of pursuit, straight legs when bending down, slow reaction time, easily giving up pursuit). Usually the bad knee reports follow within one/two games of seeing it on the court.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

Ok, I'm going to assume that whenever he is taken off of the min. restriction count that he is going to get anywhere from 30-35 min. a game so who do we eleminate?

S. Jones is now officially gone because we will now see plenty of Troy at the center spot.

Brandon Rush will drop his min. (can't say this will be all that bad, I'm mean he is almost as bad on offense as Mike is on defense).

D. Jones will have his min. cut. This is actually criminal to be honest with you.

Tyler will also see his min. decline, which may be the most dissapointing thing of all.

Roy will also have his min. drop because he will not fit in with the faster paced lineup and lack of perimeter defense will lead players to up the middle and Roy will continue to foul like he has the past few games and so JOB will yank him early and often.

Needless to say I am less than thrilled with this turn of events. Over the summer I thought we were going to commit to defense and more toughness on the floor. Well now we are just back to the same old offense first second and third lineup.

Believe me I hope I'm wrong here. I hope that JOB mixes and matches on the floor and has Dunleavy with D. Jones and I hope that we don't see Murphy at center (ever for any reason) but the M.O. on JOB says otherwise.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

Ok, I'm going to assume that whenever he is taken off of the min. restriction count that he is going to get anywhere from 30-35 min. a game so who do we eleminate?

S. Jones is now officially gone because we will now see plenty of Troy at the center spot.

Brandon Rush will drop his min. (can't say this will be all that bad, I'm mean he is almost as bad on offense as Mike is on defense).

D. Jones will have his min. cut. This is actually criminal to be honest with you.

Tyler will also see his min. decline, which may be the most dissapointing thing of all.

Roy will also have his min. drop because he will not fit in with the faster paced lineup and lack of perimeter defense will lead players to up the middle and Roy will continue to foul like he has the past few games and so JOB will yank him early and often.

Needless to say I am less than thrilled with this turn of events. Over the summer I thought we were going to commit to defense and more toughness on the floor. Well now we are just back to the same old offense first second and third lineup.

Believe me I hope I'm wrong here. I hope that JOB mixes and matches on the floor and has Dunleavy with D. Jones and I hope that we don't see Murphy at center (ever for any reason) but the M.O. on JOB says otherwise.

Sorry to be the downer of the thread

I hear your concerns.

Nevertheless, we do need an offensive boost. This lineup has some mojo:

Watson
DJones
Dun
Granger
Hibbert/Foster

"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." —Kevin Pritchard press conference

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

A lineup of

watson
djones
dun
granger
hibbert

sounds great to me. Have murphy sub in for hibbert as the 6th man. When dun needs a break move granger to the three. Then you have rush to sub with jones and granger when he needs it. I dont see a major log/jam. Just a few of the players that have been extended min will get them cut back some.

Peck from the way you are talking you make it sound that dun is the worst defensive player in the league. I am not sure where he gets this reputation at but he is not that bad. I was honestly say he is a average defender and with his length at the 2 can really challenge shots.

The game can not only be about defense. The other team is going to put points on the board no matter what. We have seen our best defense collapse and lose us games simply because we couldnt score points along with defending.

Way to many times this year have we had 7,8,9 min stretches where we could not score a f/g. No one is at fault, we simply have young players and while we preach defense we still have to be consistent on the offensenive end. We have to be able to score to ball better than the other team. While jones and rush probably shouldn't have their min cut, rush simply cannot be counted on, he does not have the intensity to be a 12-20 pt scorer in this league. He seems to be happy with just launching the three ball when it comes his way. Even though Jones is my favorite pacer at this current time he is a one trick pony. I like to call him the modern day fred jones with defense. You know he is going right, you know he is going to lower his shoulder and cup the ball. You know its going to be a lay up. He will surprise you a few times a game with a nice midrange jumper but 90% of his offense is the bull rush. Sometimes you need a player that can come in and make the OTHER PLAYERS BETTER, that is what Dun used to bring to this team. Hopefully he can still have that same effect and really influence a basketball game with his bball IQ.

I really think having him in the game along with hibbert is really going to help hibbert. He really feeds the post well and knows just the right time to get the ball down low.

We will see if he can still be a nba talent or if he is going to be back on the end of the bench.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

sounds great to me. Have murphy sub in for hibbert as the 6th man. When dun needs a break move granger to the three. Then you have rush to sub with jones and granger when he needs it. I dont see a major log/jam. Just a few of the players that have been extended min will get them cut back some.

Peck from the way you are talking you make it sound that dun is the worst defensive player in the league. I am not sure where he gets this reputation at but he is not that bad. I was honestly say he is a average defender and with his length at the 2 can really challenge shots.

The game can not only be about defense. The other team is going to put points on the board no matter what. We have seen our best defense collapse and lose us games simply because we couldnt score points along with defending.

Way to many times this year have we had 7,8,9 min stretches where we could not score a f/g. No one is at fault, we simply have young players and while we preach defense we still have to be consistent on the offensenive end. We have to be able to score to ball better than the other team. While jones and rush probably shouldn't have their min cut, rush simply cannot be counted on, he does not have the intensity to be a 12-20 pt scorer in this league. He seems to be happy with just launching the three ball when it comes his way. Even though Jones is my favorite pacer at this current time he is a one trick pony. I like to call him the modern day fred jones with defense. You know he is going right, you know he is going to lower his shoulder and cup the ball. You know its going to be a lay up. He will surprise you a few times a game with a nice midrange jumper but 90% of his offense is the bull rush. Sometimes you need a player that can come in and make the OTHER PLAYERS BETTER, that is what Dun used to bring to this team. Hopefully he can still have that same effect and really influence a basketball game with his bball IQ.

I really think having him in the game along with hibbert is really going to help hibbert. He really feeds the post well and knows just the right time to get the ball down low.

We will see if he can still be a nba talent or if he is going to be back on the end of the bench.

The worst defender sadly is our starting power forward.

Dunleavy is just a below average defender.

All I can say is we better score and score a lot because we are not going to stop anyone with the starting lineup I see coming.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

Brandon Rush will drop his min. (can't say this will be all that bad, I'm mean he is almost as bad on offense as Mike is on defense).

Brandon just doesn't seem to fit with this team. I'm not sure if it's him, JOB or the fact that the team is really dependent on his producing. He probably would be better on a team much better than the pacers or much worse. Anyway he is not ready for prime time and so he should play behind D. Jones and Dunleavy. We just don't have luck with players named Rush.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

Brandon just doesn't seem to fit with this team. I'm not sure if it's him, JOB or the fact that the team is really dependent on his producing. He probably would be better on a team much better than the pacers or much worse. Anyway he is not ready for prime time and so he should play behind D. Jones and Dunleavy. We just don't have luck with players named Rush.

That is really a good way of putting it right there. My guess is that if Brandon played for the Nuggets or the Lakers he would probably be considered an asset, however since we really needed him to be the second best player on the team he is falling way short in that area.

Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

That is really a good way of putting it right there. My guess is that if Brandon played for the Nuggets or the Lakers he would probably be considered an asset, however since we really needed him to be the second best player on the team he is falling way short in that area.

I think that the same could be say about Roy, people are expecting him to be dominant and they forget that this is only his second year and also big mens take longer to develop, could anybody here imagine if we have a guy like Bynum? he is been developing for almost four or five years I think.

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Re: Dunleavy is back tonight!!!

Ok, I'm going to assume that whenever he is taken off of the min. restriction count that he is going to get anywhere from 30-35 min. a game so who do we eleminate?

S. Jones is now officially gone because we will now see plenty of Troy at the center spot.

Brandon Rush will drop his min. (can't say this will be all that bad, I'm mean he is almost as bad on offense as Mike is on defense).

D. Jones will have his min. cut. This is actually criminal to be honest with you.

Tyler will also see his min. decline, which may be the most dissapointing thing of all.

Roy will also have his min. drop because he will not fit in with the faster paced lineup and lack of perimeter defense will lead players to up the middle and Roy will continue to foul like he has the past few games and so JOB will yank him early and often.

Needless to say I am less than thrilled with this turn of events. Over the summer I thought we were going to commit to defense and more toughness on the floor. Well now we are just back to the same old offense first second and third lineup.

Believe me I hope I'm wrong here. I hope that JOB mixes and matches on the floor and has Dunleavy with D. Jones and I hope that we don't see Murphy at center (ever for any reason) but the M.O. on JOB says otherwise.

Sorry to be the downer of the thread

I can't say I disagree with you....but we knew this day was coming. We wanted someone "quality" depth to help cover for our un-ending battle with the injury bug? Well...we know have it.

But didn't JO'B say that we'd use a 9-10 man rotation?

Well, as some of us have mentioned before.....I'll believe it when I see it.